How to improve planet class?

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I have played GalCiv 2 for several hours now, but I was unable to create more than one or two colonies, since all the planets are uninhabitable. Is there some way to improve the class of these planets, so that I can build colonies there? Or is this a bug?
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
You can not take a Class 0 planet and make it useable. But you can "improve" colinizeable worlds with techs from the "planitary improvments" branch of the tech tree.
If you are only getting two planets you will have to do more of a push to colonize in the early game, it might help you if you start you starport building a colony ship in the first turn and defisit spend with high military while you can, and send the colony ships out early. You will get more planets this way.
But really it all comes down to tactics. The more you play the more you will no when to spend on what.
PS. Check out the "colonizing worlds" totorial, it might help out.
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
Thanks for your reply. The strange thing is, that there are only very few habitable worlds in my games. Every "starting system" has obviously two habitable planets (for example Earth and Mars for Terrans) and all the other planets are class 0 to me. Is there something wrong with my game settings (I used default settings)?
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
When you start a new game make sure that the habitable planets setting is on common or even abundant. If you want a tun of good worlds set all the settings to abundent. However the will mean that your enimies will also end up with a tun of worlds, and change the game play alot. As you get more advanced you will find the type of galaxy you like to play in.
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Thanks a lot! I think I will try this out next time I play. BTW, GalCiv2 is a great game!
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
Thanks, have fun.
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
It does seem that the frequency of habitable worlds is less than in the first GalCiv, but that's based on very limited evidence at this point.
Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top
Yea, I know. Habitable planets aren't distrubuted very evenly. There will be systems with all Class 0 (Undead worls) while others may hyave 3 planets or more that are very good planets class 9 or higher. I've even found a star system that was bright yellow with all planets above class 10. So it's all random, but I think it could still have been more distrubuted a bit more. Yes both my setting where on Abundant, both number of planets, and habitable planets in a huge galaxy.